Metallic tie.



r F. L. MAGEB.

METALLIC TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAILHO, 1911.

Pateniied Nov. 19,1912

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WITNESSES I F. L. MAGEE.

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APPLIOAJPLON 1-11.21) MAR.20, 1911-.

Patented NOV. 19, 1912.

WITNESSES ATENT FFTQQ FRANCIS L. 'MAGEE, OF SOUTH BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-- EIGHTH TO ISAAC F. PEIRSOL, ONE-EIGHTH TO GEORGE L. MOORE, ONE-EIGHTH TO WILLIAM N. PARSON, AND ONE-EIGHTH TO JOHN A. GIBSON, ALL OF SOUTH BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed March 20, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS L. MAGEE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at South Brownsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improve-- ments in Metallic Ties, of which the followcally displaced.

Other objectsof the invention are to provide a rail 'fastenerfth than be. manta geously usedjeither in quickly installedwithout the use ofskilled" i 1 teeth 14' adapted to engage the teeth 12,

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With the" above and other objects in view, the invention resides in'the novel construction, combination and'arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is an end view of ties constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the tie partly broken away, showing a railjoint at one end thereof and a single rail at the opposite end thereof, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a tie shell, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a splice bar in accordance with this invention, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a clamping member, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of a fastening member.

A tie in accordance with this invention comprises a shell having conveXo-concave side walls 1, said walls having the upper and lower edges thereof, adjacent to the ends, connected by bottom plates 2 and top plates 3, the plates 3 being arranged directly above and in parallelism with the plates 2 and the plates 3 provided with sets of rectangular openings 4 and 5.

The top plates 3 are provided with depending enlargements (3, said enlargements being arranged at the outer edges of the openings 4 and at the inner edges of the openings 5, for a purpose that will presently appear. The top plates 3 are adapted to support the base flanges 7 of a rail 8, said base flanges corresponding in width to the distance between the openings 4 and 5. In the openings 4 and 5 are placed clamping members 9 having the upper ends thereof provided with extensions 10 adapted to engage over the base flanges 7 and the lower ends thereof with extensions ll adapted to engage under the plates ,3. The outer sides of the clamping members .9 are transversely "corrugated or toothed, as at 12 and adapted "i "'to"engagethe teeth of each member is a fastening member 13 resembling a small spike having'the rear side thereof provided wlt-h 'when said fastening member is driven into the openings 4 and 5. The fastening members 13 are slightly tapered and when driven between the enlargements 6 and the clamping members 9, said members are forced toward the inner edges of the openings 4 and 5 and the edges of the base flanges 7.

When the abut-ting ends of rails are to be supported by the ties, the rails are embraced by splice bars 15 connected to said rails by bolts 16 and nuts 17. The lower edges of the splice bars 15 are provided with integral clamping members 18 similar to the members 9, consequently the fastening members 13 can be employed for locking the lower edges of the splice bars relatively to the plates 3.

The shell of each tie is adapted to be filled with concrete or other plastic material and to brace the side walls of the tie shell. said walls are connected by a plurality of tie rods 19 having the ends thereof fastened in the walls 1.

\Vhat I claim is A metallic tie comprising longitudinally extending convexo-concave side walls,-

spaced top plates connecting said side Walls together and maintaining these latter in spaced relation, spaced bottom plates connecting the side walls together and mainto, and a concrete fillii'igarranged between the side Walls.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatiire in the presence oftwo- Witnesses.

taining these latter in spaced relation, said FRANCISJLxMAGEE. top plates arranged in alinement with said :lVitnesses: a i ,1 a bottom plates and having means whereby MAX H. SROLOVITZ, rail fastening devices can be' coupled there- CHRISTINA T. Hoon. 

